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Lower Danube Archdiocese donates school supplies for more than 4,000 needy children

At the initiative of and with the blessing of its hierarch, His Eminence Archbishop Casian, the Archdiocese of the Lower Danube again undertook the tradition of donating backpacks and important school supplies to needy children at the beginning of the school year. According to the diocesan website, in the week before school started, 4,000 backpacks…

Sep 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Archangel Gabriel mosaic icon installed on walls of Bucharest National Cathedral (PHOTOS)

One of the two Archangels flanking Romania’s largest mosaic depiction of the More Spacious than the Heavens Icon of the Mother of God was successfully installed on the half-dome that stands above the altar of the National Cathedral in Bucharest. The members of the Church Painting Committee of the Romanian Patriarchate spent their Friday analysing…

Sep 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: September 2-8, 2019

Church celebrations, cultural events, spiritual life and many more in a weekly selection of photos.

Sep 13, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Nathanael, in Archpastoral Encyclical, calls for living as doers of mercy

Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago called for becoming doers of mercy to guide individual lifestyles, blending a biting critique of the tendency to interpret the mercy of God in extreme ways with a plea for pursuing mercy as a way of life to be authentically human. The vision that Metropolitan Nathanael outlined in a 13-page archpastoral…

Sep 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch: The work of Fr Georges Florovsky will continue to be the inspiration and direction of theology

Opening of the proceedings of the International Conference on “The Theological Legacy of Protopresbyter Georges Florovsky” on Sunday, September 1, 2019, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew stressed that Florovsky’s work is and will continue to be the inspiration and direction of theological work for generations to come. His Holiness addressed the hierarchs, clergymen, and distinguished university professors…

Sep 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

List of Orthodox Christian Victims of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

Rev. Fr. John Peck made public on his blog the list of the Orthodox Christian Victims who perished in the 9/11 attacks by Islamic terrorists.  John Peck is the parishioner of the „All Saints” Church in North America, Pheonix, Arizona, under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Joanna Marie Ahladiotis (27) Anastasios (Ernest) Alikakos (43) Arlene…

Sep 11, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

St. John of Kronstadt monument unveiled at D.C. church founded by St. John of San-Francisco

More than 300 Orthodox Christians gathered on September 8, 2019, at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington D.C. to greet one of Russia’s most beloved saints—John of Kronstadt. The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Washington, D.C. has a very special relationship with saints bearing the name John. The parish was…

Sep 11, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

ITO 2019: Bishop Ignatie presses need for inner beauty in ‘a world of photomaniacs’

The International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2019) moved on Sunday to Maglavit Monastery. There, the over 4,000 young people attended the consecration service of the monastery’s church and the Divine Liturgy. In his sermon, Bishop Ignatie of Husi told the Orthodox youth that inner beauty becomes increasingly deficient ‘in a world of photomaniacs.’ His…

Sep 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch points to importance of education ahead of new school year

On the last day of the summer school holiday, Patriarch Daniel pointed out that ‘spiritual and intellectual formation is the greatest richness of man, a treasure no one can take away from us.’ ‘What we gathered in our soul through prayer, culture, education and good deeds remains eternally in our soul,’ the Patriarch of Romania…

Sep 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Cluj Metropolitan explains meaning of Christian hope at Int’l Bose Conference on Orthodox Spirituality

His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj spoke at the International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality organized at the Monastery of Bose in Italy about the meaning of Christian hope. He noted that Christian hope is a continuous, active manifestation of faith, which is the starting point of spiritual life. “A faithful man, a spiritual man,…

Sep 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop of Albania re-elected honorary president of Religions for Peace International

The worldwide religious community recognizes the role of the Archbishop Anastasios of the Albanian Orthodox Church in guaranteeing international peace, Romfea News reports. Archbishop Anastasios is a pioneer in the peaceful coexistence of religious communities in Albania, thereby contributing to social cohesion. He was recently re-elected honorary president of the Religions for Peace International, which…

Sep 9, 2019Gheorghe Anghel